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Steven Gerrard says England will beat Croatia and are a 'dangerous' team

Lynn Briggs |Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Theo Walcott's hat-trick helped England to a 4-1 revenge win in 2008

England's shock run to the last four has captured the nation, and after easing past Sweden with a 2-0 win on Saturday afternoon, they now take on Zlatko Dalic's Croatia in Moscow.

But the 29-year-old, who was been one of Croatia's standout performers at this summer's tournament, has stressed that previous encounters with Kane have no bearing on the result of Wednesday's fixture in Moscow.

Croatia, though, must not be taken lightly.

Croatia were defeated by hosts France back in 1998, meaning they have never reached a World Cup Final, while the Three Lions have only reached the Final once before, when they lifted their sole World Cup Trophy more than half-a-century ago - on home soil in 1966.

Gareth Southgate's side face Croatia on Wednesday, with the winners taking on France in the final on July 15.

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"We can feel the energy and the support from home and it´s a very special feeling and a privilege for us", Southgate said on Tuesday.

"We want to continue in the same style that we have been playing until now", he said.

Croatia isn't the biggest name in global football, but its squad, boasting Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic, is a force to be reckoned with this World Cup.

"We have waited for several years for this with Croatia". England also made sure of early progress from the group stage after beating Tunisia 2-1 and Panama 6-1, allowing Southgate to rest players in the 1-0 defeat to Belgium.

Croatia are wary of the threat posed by England captain Harry Kane, who is the tournament´s leading scorer with six goals so far.

"I'm just hoping he's recuperated really well for this one".

However, in Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic, Croatia have two of the best midfielders in the world and should provide England with their hardest test yet.

"We are just going to stick with what we have been doing all the way through".

Croatia make one change from their gruelling penalty shoot-out victory over Russian Federation. "We'll repeat that this Sunday", said one supporter, Sebastien.

"You can see that togetherness on the pitch now, and I think that's valuable in crucial moments in big games, and yeah, I can definitely say this is most together England team that I've been involved in, and so I think that makes a massive difference and you get your rewards for that".

In delirious scenes in Paris, fans let off fire crackers and released smoke flares - and predicted they would win a second World Cup.

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